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Offline kreso

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Gilels HR6
on: January 21, 2006, 06:54:47 PM
Here is Liszt's Hungarian Rapsody played by Emil Gilels:
https://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QDPKEN6352XV1F90LKQS0YW0B

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Re: Gilels HR6
Reply #1 on: March 19, 2006, 04:30:36 AM
The best HR6 IMO !! Gilels rocks !!!!
It's better to make your own mistakes than copy someone else's. - Vladimir Horowitz

Offline rohansahai

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Re: Gilels HR6
Reply #2 on: March 19, 2006, 01:30:51 PM
Even though I am a big Gilels fan, for some reason I don't like his HR6 that much .... maybe it is the sound quality that 'dries out' all the resonance and effects, but horowitz's is much more exciting.
[ Gilels rules the HR 9, btw! ]
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Offline alejo_90

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Re: Gilels HR6
Reply #3 on: March 20, 2006, 02:03:52 AM
Even though I am a big Gilels fan, for some reason I don't like his HR6 that much .... maybe it is the sound quality that 'dries out' all the resonance and effects, but horowitz's is much more exciting.

Mmm.. that's true, but his interpretation is wonderful. I like it more than Horowitz.

[ Gilels rules the HR 9, btw! ]

I agree :P

It's better to make your own mistakes than copy someone else's. - Vladimir Horowitz

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Re: Gilels HR6
Reply #4 on: March 21, 2006, 06:14:43 PM
Can we have a new link?

most appreciative,
donjuan

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Re: Gilels HR6
Reply #5 on: March 22, 2006, 03:41:50 PM
Can we have a new link?

most appreciative,
donjuan

Here is the whole album, where he plays Schumann, Liszt, and some little pieces
https://rapidshare.de/files/15232404/Gilels_plays_Schumann__Liszt__Chopin.rar.html

Thanks to rohansahai! ;)
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